Well, if anyone can send me a Mode 3, Mode 1, Mode 2 and Mode 4 screenshot
as PC files, I'm sure I can come up with a converter program
Thanks,
Simon
On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 03:18:56PM +, James R Curry wrote:
> Don't tell me that "Most users have no problems with installing
> before .", I've spoken to so many people who have trouble
> understanding concepts like "Root directory" and the difference
> between free hard-drive space and RAM.
From: Chris White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>These YS Articule's , are they online anywhere ??
Yay! Plug time!
I'm the webmaster of the Your Sinclair Rock'n'Roll Years, which can be found at:
http://www.the-den.clara.net/ys/cover.htm
It's has all sorts of things on it, including around 600 ori
The first rule you'll learn when in any support job (or involved with anything
that's directly available to the public):
People are stupid.
Nick
The other rule: Think of the most stupid thing that you think is possible,
and then bet your last dollar on someone beating it.
(Or, at least, that's what my old driving instuctor said to me)
Justin
> -Original Message-
> From: Nick Humphries [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, July
Are you having a "best of email responses" section on those pages? :)
> -Original Message-
> From: Nick Humphries [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 10:14 AM
> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
> Subject: (OT) Stupid people
>
> The YS Rock'n'Roll Years carries a load of
The YS Rock'n'Roll Years carries a load of original YS articles and reviews.
Here's an email that was sent to me in response to seeing a review of Monty On
The Run:
---start---
I cant beleive you still expect people to pay for a game thats ten years
old come on, it was designed for the com
On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 10:13:50AM +0100, Nick Humphries wrote:
> Here's an email that was sent to me in response to seeing a review of Monty On
> The Run:
> ---start---
> I cant beleive you still expect people to pay for a game thats ten years
> old
[snip]
Y'know, it's no more than five
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Ian Collier wrote:
> PS of course, I could mention there is a whole "computer stupidities"
> web site, but I don't have the URL right now. Need I say any more than
> "cup-holder"? :-)
It's
http://rinkworks.com/stupid/
Heath.
Andrew
--
-- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTE
From: Justin Skists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Are you having a "best of email responses" section on those pages? :)
I would do, but haven't really got enough material to start a dedicated section.
There's also a load of emails along the lines of YS's "World Of The Speccy"
letters section...
An idea
> I agree with you wanting to keep your work available as a stand-alone
> package, but if we want the more general user to investigate
> SimCoupe, the installation should be as straight-forward as possible.
This is very interesting opinion.
I think not only instalation should be straight forward
> Stuart Brady wrote:
> >You are always able to read the contents of an archive, so it can have
any
> >extension, but I
> >really preffer hte original one (packed SAD will be still SAD).
>
> IMHO, you shouldn't have the same extension for the compressed image and
> for the uncompressed image...
>
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Aley Keprt wrote:
> Summary:
> Somebody (??) could add these functions to SimCoupe:
> 1. fast reset
> 2. auto-boot SAD images (snapshots can do 1&2)
The thing is, you have to remember that SimCoupe is a Sam emulator, it is
not a Snakemania program. These features may suit you
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Aley Keprt wrote:
> > >You are always able to read the contents of an archive, so it can have
> any
> > >extension, but I
> > >really preffer hte original one (packed SAD will be still SAD).
> >
> > IMHO, you shouldn't have the same extension for the compressed image and
> > f
>I don't think the long filename should be a problem - how many people
>still use DOS outside of Windows95/98/NT any more?
I do!
(Then again, I'm a multi-platform software engineer..)
Justin.
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Justin Skists wrote:
> >I don't think the long filename should be a problem - how many people
> >still use DOS outside of Windows95/98/NT any more?
>
> I do!
>
> (Then again, I'm a multi-platform software engineer..)
In that case, I'll rephrase the question slightly:
Woul
Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In that case, I'll rephrase the question slightly:
>
> Would it be likely to cause a problem if future versions of SimCoupe were
> to require long filename support in the hose operating system?
Probably make Simcoupe unusable duing the hot summer mon
>In that case, I'll rephrase the question slightly:
>
>Would it be likely to cause a problem if future versions of SimCoupe were
>to require long filename support in the hose operating system?
Only if I get to drive the fire-engine! :)
Seriously, I've no problems with that...
Justin.
From: Nick Humphries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Correction:
>I thought DOS systems viewed long file names as wibble~1.zip or whatever? If
so,
>then so long as the files required in the emulator program itself are in 8.3
>format, the sight of ~1 would be ugly, but the file would still be useable.
I me
From: Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Justin Skists wrote:
>
>> >I don't think the long filename should be a problem - how many people
>> >still use DOS outside of Windows95/98/NT any more?
>>
>> I do!
>>
>> (Then again, I'm a multi-platform software engineer..)
>
>In tha
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Nick Humphries wrote:
> >Would it be likely to cause a problem if future versions of SimCoupe were
> >to require long filename support in the hose operating system?
s/hose/host
> I thought DOS systems viewed long file names as wibble~1.zip or whatever? If
> so,
> then so lo
>Yes, although I don't know how well this particular system would cope with
>a filename containing two dots, like wibble.dsk.gz
wibble~1.gz
(I just tried it)
>Anyway I thought in DOS mode under Win95 and Win98 you could use long
>filenames transparently - or maybe that was only in NT? I don't u
From: Justin Skists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Anyway I thought in DOS mode under Win95 and Win98 you could use long
>>filenames transparently - or maybe that was only in NT? I don't use very
>>Windows much, you can probably tell...
>
>DOS prompt, you can.. but DOS programs treat them with the twiddles.
From: "Nick Humphries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Subject:Re: New: SimCoupe 0.783a - Sound emulation
Date sent: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 09:38:35 +0100
Send reply to: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
> The first rule you'll learn when in any s
From: Justin Skists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no'"
Subject:RE: New: SimCoupe 0.783a - Sound emulation
Date sent: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 10:01:48 +0100
Send reply to: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
> The other rule: Th
> I don't think the long filename should be a problem - how many people
> still use DOS outside of Windows95/98/NT any more?
I do! :)
Wow, it seems to my day for arguing with you, doesn't it, Andrew?
*grins*
--
James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!"
> On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Aley Keprt wrote:
>
> > Summary:
> > Somebody (??) could add these functions to SimCoupe:
> > 1. fast reset
> > 2. auto-boot SAD images (snapshots can do 1&2)
>
> The thing is, you have to remember that SimCoupe is a Sam emulator, it is
> not a Snakemania program. These fea
No apologies if I offend anyone - if sam-users is descending back into 200+
heated emails a day, I may as well show my hand as well.
-=-=-=-=-
> "Essential Sam programs"...
> Demos, games, even utilities or anything else are okay
I don't think you could justify any demo as being an essential bi
Aley Keprt wrote:
>Most of the current Sam-related stuff at NVG and other servers is ZIPped
>(pk).
Which is shareware. :-(
>We have ZIP sources as well, and ZIP can pack multiple files.
>That's positive, isn't it?
It could be. It depends on whether you want multiple files, really.
All of this
Aley Keprt wrote:
[snip]
I think Aley's just said what I *meant* to say. :-) Sorry.
>Do you all know why we still talk about op.systems, instead of SimCoupe?
>Since Si works on his own. That's the problem.
>If Si will stop working on his own, we can stop talking about this strange
>Microsoft stu
Maria Rookyard wrote:
>You mean like standard rose trees or something?
Just trees. As long as you can swing on them.
--
Stuart Brady
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